Various aspects of patenting are extremely time sensitive as well as knowledge and labor oriented. While healthcare and other industries are constantly driven by research and development, intellectual property is increasingly becoming important as a critical mediator between R&D and Business Development. Often in-house patent practitioners are inundated with day-to-day workload and other high-end tasks that are important but not momentarily critical get left behind. This may occur due to want of trained personnel or time or both.

Multiple aspects of patenting process can be performed outside of the company by trained professionals with minimum guidance. The work conducted externally may not always supplement the in-house work but serve as a good starting point for the in-house professionals to take on the tasks more efficiently.